July 13, 1883: Henry Otley Beyer was born in Edgewood, Iowa

On July 13, 1883, Henry Otley Beyer, dubbed as the "Father of Philippine Anthropology", a Filipinologist, was born in Edgewood, Iowa, USA. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Denver, Colorado and later pursued further graduate studies at Harvard University as a Winthrop scholar.